i wrote a whole ass review and it got deleted but basically, interesting mc, atmosphere kinda depressing but intriguing, plotless but charming, bunny-i wrote a whole ass review and it got deleted but basically, interesting mc, atmosphere kinda depressing but intriguing, plotless but charming, bunny-esque with a hint of some wilder girls aspects, and i don’t completely know how i feel about this book but i might’ve liked it and it’s basically impossible to for me to speak my opinions cuz no thoughts head empty✌️
it was a surprisingly reflect-y read to examine myself and what i like to read (i’m a character driven reader for sure) and i would say i love plot as well but the plotlessness just made sense in here and honestly i ain’t mad, it was chaotic neutral if you will. as for atmosphere, i loved it better in bunny, which i do personally love better and i do need to reread. so try Catherine House out if you can!...more
made me question life and stabbed me in the gut amidst doing so. that ending destroyed me and idk if i can ever enjoy life again (i’m being dramatic bmade me question life and stabbed me in the gut amidst doing so. that ending destroyed me and idk if i can ever enjoy life again (i’m being dramatic but that’s how i feel right after finishing, sue me).
ive never heard of the Opium Wars and i’m honestly ashamed of never being taught about it. now, i will remedy that by researching the Rape of Nanking. Kuang recommends in the authors note titles of books to inform you of this historical period that i intend to try out (might i add, she sounds like an amazing lady. like, 21?! and writing this masterpiece?! my mind can’t comprehend it, she seems so awesome).
The Poppy War hides no dark war aspects, period, and if it’s too much for you to handle (very understandable, there’s many trigger warnings), then maybe this isn’t the book for you. albeit it was a bit too much for me at times in parts 2 and 3 and all the talk of genocide and rape and torture, etc, but it felt so important that it didn’t shy away from those things. i feel we become so desensitized to the topics of war when we learn it in school that we don’t fully realize the effects of it because we didn’t experience it for ourselves. with The Poppy War you’re at the forefront of everything, seeing it all, reading it all, and getting attached and you can’t look away, you’re absolutely enamored, glued to your seat, feeling it.
i became so attached to rin. i feel this is a common occurrence among most people that loved the poppy war. i couldn’t help thinking that, for her character, a lot of her actions made sense. like, SHOULD she have done certain things? no. but ofc she did them cuz the story would be boring if she didn’t. she’s just so angry, so ruthless, scarred, driven, stubborn, flawed... i couldn’t help liking her, feeling bad for her. i hope she doesn’t end up like Altan, succumbed in rage and darkness that she can’t get out of.
like i said in an update before, i hate altan. i feel bad for him, but he was terrible to rin 99 percent of the time and i love rin so i automatically hate him.
they weren’t much in this book, but kitay and nezha were also very interesting. rin and kitay had a very deep friendship and bond that was probably the only heartwarming aspect of this book, next to her relationships with jiang and nezha. i loved her banter with jiang, her crazy and surprisingly wise teacher whom i love wholeheartedly, and nezha, her enemy-turning-to-friend.
i think this, however, just started me on a fantasy high and i will be reading tons of fantasy starting after i immediately pick up the dragon republic
p.s. i love u nezha, jiang, ramsa, and rin, you can step all over me anytime you’d like as long as you three are happy in this world...more
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